Suspender attachment.



' Pat'ened Feb. (4, |902. P. J. BLooM. SUSPENDEB ATTACHMENT-(Applicatiog filed Oct. 12, 1901.)

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UNITED STATES .ATENT OFFICE.

PHILIP J. BLOOM, OF TIDIOUTE, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-.HALF

TO GEORGE E. ELLINGWOOD, OF TIDIOUTE, PENNSYLVANIA. l

SUSPENDER ATTACHMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 692,603, dated February,4, 1902. Application filed October 12, 1901. Serial No. 78,4-18. (Nomodel.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, PHILIP J. BLooM, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Tidioute, in the county of Warren and State ofPennsylvania, have invented a new and Improved Suspender Attachment, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and .exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in Io attachments fortrousers-Suspenders when worn underneath ashirt-waist; and the object isto provide a device of this character that shall be simple inconstruction, comparatively inexpensive, and that may be readilyattached to the ends of ordinary Suspenders.

I will describe a suspender attachment embodying my invention andlhenpoint out the novel features in the appended claim.

rReference is to be had to the accompanying zo drawings, forming part ofthis specification,

in which similar characters ot' reference indicate corresponding partsin all the figures.

Figure 1 indicates a portion of ashirt-waist, a portion ofa waist-band,and suspender ends z5 or loops with attachments embodying my invention.Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2 2 of Fig. l, and Fig. 3 is aperspective view of the attachment.

Referring to the drawings,5 indicates a por- 3o tion of a shirt-waist,and 6 a portion of a trousers-waistband, to the inner side of whichbuttons 7 are attached.

The attachment consists of a strip of metal or wire 8, bent tosubstantially triangular form, the lower portion 9 of which isdesignedto engage over the button. The upper end members 10 are extended inwardor toward each other, but slightly separated, and these members 10 havetheir ends 11 turned out- 4o Ward.

Fig. 1 of the drawings clearly shows how the device is attached tosuspender-endsthat is, the members l1 of the upper portion are passedthrough the buttonhole, so as to engage against one side of thesuspender-end, While the portions 10 engage against the other side. Thematerial for the shirt-waist of course covers the buttons 7, andtherefore when the device is engaged with a button the material oftheshirt-waist Will be folded underneath the button, as indicated in thedrawings.

A suspender attachment embodying my invention may be readily attached toordinary Suspenders, and while it is mainly designed for use with`Suspenders worn underneath a shirt-Waist it is obvious that it may beernployed in connection with Suspenders used in the ordinary manner.

To easily attach the device to a suspenderend, the partsrll may beturned lengthwise of the buttonhole and passed through the same. Thenupon turning the device the parts 10 and ll will engage thesuspender-end, as before described, and obviously bya reverse operationthe device may be removed.

Having thus described my invention, 'I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- A suspender attachment comprising a strip of metalbentto form a button-engaging lower portion and having its upper endmembers turned inward and then outward, the said upper members beingspaced apart, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I have signed my namelo this specification in thepresence of two snbscribin g witnesses.

PHILIP J. BLooM.

